eS ANGLING, FISHES, AND FISH CULTURE. I3I 
rene: 16.96.11 [S.,J.] The complete fisher, or, The true art of 
a angling; being a clear and speedy way of taking all sorts 
= of fresh water fish. To which is added an account of the 
% principal rivers, the fish they produce, and the properest 
a places to angle for them in each river. Revised and cor- 
- rected by W. Wright and other experienc’d anglers. Lon- 
q . don. [cir.1750.] 24° Front. and wdcts. 
‘ The first edition of this work with the present title appeared in 1704. 
ee On the back of the frontispiece is written ‘‘P. Burrell. 1768.”’ 
Be: Ang, 16.96 S.,J. The true art of angling; or, The best and 
speediest way of taking all sorts of freshwater fish. Con- 
ae taining the whole body of angling, and mystery of a com- 
a: pleat angler. London. 1696. 24° Front. and wdcts. 
. Attributed to John Sprint, in the sale catalogue of Sir Henry Ellis’s library. 
- Westwood and Satchell suggest as the author John Smith, whose ‘‘ Profit and 
pleasure united ’’ appeared in 1684 with the initials J.S. Certain sentences 
= are nearly identical in both works. 
* ‘¢ This work forms one of the marked features of most angling book collec- 
tions, partly from its merits as a manual, but far more from its rarity.’? — 
Westwood and Satchell. 
are: 16.96.12 [S.,J.] The true art of angling; being a clear and 
speedy way of taking all sorts of fresh-water fish. To 
which is added an account of the season and spawning 
time of each fish, and an account of the principal rivers, the _ 
fish they produce, and the proper places to angle for them 
in each river. London. 1770. sm.12° 
5 [S., J.] The innocent epicure. See Innocent epicure 
q es he}, 097. 16". 
Ang. 49.45 Sabine, Lorenzo. Report on the principal fisheries of 
i | the American seas; prepared for the treasury department 
a of the United States, and submitted by Thomas Corwin as 
a a part of his annual report on the finances, at the second 
session of the thirty-second congress. Washington. 1853. 
8°. 
AR. 176 ~=Another copy. 
’ 2-124. 30 Another copy. 
Be 3 Ent: 39-36 St. John, Charles. Short sketches of the wild sports 
and natural history of the fei 49% New ed. London. 
1872. sm. 8° 
Chapter 6, and parts of abies 1, 12, 13, 23, 25, 29, treat of fishing. 
V. 1118 The same. London. 1878. 8% Front. and 
= wadcts. 
i ‘The popularity of these sketches has been attested by the sale of seven 
é editions since their first publication. But though the work is admitted to take 
rank with White’s ‘Selborne’ and Walton’s ‘ Angler,’ no attempt has hitherto 
Ys been made to illustrate the scenes, anecdotes, and /er@ nature so graphically 
4 described.’ — Preface. . 
